_Because thou hast hearkened unto the Voice of thy Wife, and hast eaten
of the Tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it_,
&c.
GENESIS iii. 17.
[Illustration]
Against God’s Will the direful Fruit
Of the forbidden Tree
The Husband by his foolish Wife
To taste induc’d we see.
A grievous Death they both deserv’d
For this Offence so great,
And we, their Children, subject are
To the same Laws of Fate.